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Name: Iodargyrite RRUFF ID: R080017 Ideal Chemistry: AgI Locality: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia Source: Michael Scott S100883 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Lemon-yellow prismatic hexagonal crystals Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Wurtzite (20) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Iodargyrite samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R080017.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 4.594(2)Å b: 4.594(2)Å c: 7.506(6)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 137.17(8)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Iodargyrite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file] |
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Vauquelin L N (1825) Note sur l'existence de l'iode dans le règne minéral, Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 29, 99-104 [view file] |
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Leymarie A (1859) Iodargyre (iodite), in Cours de Minéralogie, Deuxième Partie Victor Masson Paris 386-386 [view file] |
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Leymerie A (1867) Jodite (iodargyre), in Cours de Minéralogie, Deuxième Partie Victor Masson et Fils Paris 412-413 [view file] |
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Kraus E H, Cook C W (1909) Iodyrite from Tonopah, Nevada, and Broken Hill, New South Wales, American Journal of Science, 27, 210-222 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file] |
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International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file] |
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Boyle D R (1997) Iodargyrite as an indicator of arid climatic conditions and its association with gold-bearing glacial tills of the Chibougamau - Chapais area, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 23-34 [view file] |
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